Bullets, Wanderers Stadia In 2019 Budget

July 18, 2019 by Staff Reporter

Minister of
Sports, Francis Phiso has assured Be Forward Wanderers and Nyasa Big Bullets
that government will fulfill its promise of constructing stadia for the two
teams as it has allocated funds meant for the initiative in the 2019/2010
budget.

President
Peter Mutharika promised during campaign period that his government would
construct training arenas for Malawi’s two oldest teams.

The former
Minister of Youth, Labour, Sports and Manpower Development, Grace Chiumia
already presented the land identified for the project to the teams.

Mutharika with Bullets players

Phiso made
the assurance when he presented the K10 million to officials of the two teams
at Chiwembe Technical Centre in Blantyre.

Wanderers
and Bullets were promised K5 million each during the 55th Independence
Celebrations at Kamuzu Stadium two weeks ago.

“Let me
assure the teams that the government will honour the stadium pledge. You know
we are operating on a provisional budget, but in September it’s when Parliament
will deliberate on the 2019/2020 budget which our Ministry has included
allocation for the stadia.

Mutharika shaking hands with Nomads players

“Let me just
plead with the Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS), Football Association
of Malawi (FAM) and the two teams to meet and discuss the way forward
especially on the plans in terms of designs and other things so that we should
move together,” Phiso said.

Wanderers
was represented by its chairperson Gift Mkandawire and Bullets administration
manager, Gift Chigoga and the two utilized the function to remind the Minister
on the stadium projects.

Despite
being the oldest teams in the country, the Nomads and Bullets are some of the
teams with no training stadia and use Kamuzu Stadium as their ground.

Bullets were
allocated land at Moneymen ground while Wanderers will have their stadium built
at Soche around Kanjedza forest.